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Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo

Zoological Garden

Brookfield, Illinois, USA

Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo (Established 1934)
3300 Golf Road , Brookfield , Illinois 60513 USA
Director: Stuart Strahl Phone: 1 (708) 485-0263 Fax: 1 (708) 485-3140 E-mail: bzadmin@brookfieldzoo.org

Mission: The mission of the Chicago Zoological Society is to help people develop a sustainable and harmonious relationship with nature. In so doing, the Society shall provide for the recreation and education of the people, the conservation of wildlife and the discovery of biological knowledge. The Society pursues this mission principally through its management of Brookfield Zoo for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, and it solicits a balanced base of public and private support for its activities.

Principal Research Programs: Callimico goeldii International studbook and Species Survival Plan. Captive Breeding. Training to improve husbandry. Medical management. Nutritional management. Behavioral research.

Training Opportunities: Research opportunities available for: Undergraduate, Graduate, Continuing Education; Program emphasis: Captive management: Behavior; Breeding; Exhibition; Conservation education and research; Population management. A Conservation Research grant program is administered through the Chicago Zoological Society.

Number of Staff: 450 (full time)

Key Personnel: Stuart Strahl, President & CEO, Phone: 485-0263, ext. 305
Ken Kaduk, Finance,Phone: 485-0263, ext. 315
Tom Meehan, Chief Veterinarian, Phone: 485-0263, ext. 505
Ann Petric, Mammal Curator Phone: 485-0263, ext. 446
Sue Margulis, Behavioral Biologist, Phone: 485-0263, ext. 438


Species Supported: "Eulemur macaco macaco" (2); Eulemur mongoz (2); Lemur catta (4); "Loris tardigradus nordicus" (2); "Nycticebus pygmaeus" (5); "Cebus apella" (4); "Ateles geoffroyi" (5); "Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis" (2); "Ateles paniscus paniscus" (1); "Callimico goeldii" (35); "Leontopithecus rosalia" (2); "Saguinus oedipus" (4); "Cercocebus torquatus torquatus" (4); "Cercocebus torquatus atys" (3); "Cercopithecus mitis albogularis" (3); "Papio hamadryas papio" (27); "Mandrillus sphinx" (3); "Colobus guereza" (4); "Hylobates leucogenys" (2); "Gorilla gorilla gorilla" (9); "Pongo pygmaeus" (3); "Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus" (5)

Web Site: http://www.brookfieldzoo.org

Entry created: 1999-01-08
Review requested: 2003-11-17
Entry last reviewed: 2006-09-11

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